John Gidding on decorating, Beijing and married life Special to the online edition of Windy City Times by Andrew Davis, Windy City Times2014-04-08 Turkish-born architect John Gidding has certainly led an intriguing life.
The 'Boxer' engine is so called because the movement of the engine's pistons resemble the movement of a boxer's fists in the horizontal plane. However, unlike the boxer's fists that both move in the same direction, half of the 'Boxer' engine's pistons move in the opposite direction.
Speaking of boxes, that boxer 4-cylinder engine sits nice and low in the nose. While all-wheel-drive (which is standard equipment on every Subaru) always adds a degree of weight to a vehicle, this style of engine helps lower the center of gravity, and endows the Impreza with nimble and very natural-feeling handling.